Hi! Ms. P. is short for Sarah Prendergast! I grew up in the suburbs of Cleveland where I attended South High School in Willoughby. I was a math nerd all though school but also played varsity softball and volleyball, was a member of the National Honor Society and spent my time going to concerts and working at starbucks. I worked very hard in high school and was the valedictorian of my class.

After high school I attended Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Kenyon is a very small private college in the middle of nowhere- as in, there are corn fields around campus- and I loved it! At Kenyon I studied Mathematics and Religious Studies. I met some amazing people and made wonderful memories. I also spend a lot of time in college volunteering at local elementary schools working with kids and during the summers I worked at an academic summer camp- The Summer Institute for the Gifted teaching math and physics!

After graduating from college I accepted a Math for America Teaching Fellowship and moved to New York City to start my masters at New York University in Math Education. I was lucky enough to be randomly placed as a student teacher at the iSchool and I’ve never looked back! After student teaching at the iSchool I was hired as a full time math teacher in 2010 and have been there ever since!

I love the iSchool and can’t imagine teaching anywhere else. The school has become my second home, the teachers – my friends and the students – my kids! It’s an amazing place. I teach mostly Algebra 1 with some other amazing electives mixed in including: Bridge Building, Pop Up Design, Paper Engineering, Critical Thinking in Psychology, Personal Finance, Mathematical Art and a short stint of a Math in the Movies Module. I am also the Senior Project Coordinator, I love seeing what the seniors come up with each year!!